

Like vanilla Mega Man, this puts you at a tangible disadvantage for the first level or two of the game. It's an item run, and you're starting without items.

Plague Knight, in a word, doesn't: you'll be relying a lot more on the wide variety powers and abilities you collect throughout the game, each of which will seem both more powerful AND more situational than the swiss army weapon that is the shovel. Because the DLC seems to be rubbing a lot of people the wrong way, I've come up with a few tips to help orient anyone who hasn't yet tried out Plague Knight's quest, or who did and (no pun intended) bounced off it.įirst, Consider this an "item mode" game - Shovel Knight starts the game with one highly versatile and always available weapon that provides offense, defense, and mobility all at once, one that can truly last you clear to the conclusion.
